Regent Law celebrates graduates’ performance on the Virginia Bar Exam
REGENT UNIVERSITY — Regent Law is celebrating one of its strongest ever performances on the Virginia bar exam. Regent’s overall pass rate on the July bar was the third highest in Virginia—an achievement that places the University ahead of the law programs at Washington & Lee University, George Mason University, the University of Richmond, Appalachian School of…
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UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — Bar prep courses and the cost of the exam itself can add up to thousands of dollars—for some students, an unanticipated expense that can derail their progress toward a legal career. Many alumni, including H. Todd Bullard ’87, who has contributed to the fund to provide student support,…
Read More about Gift to University at Buffalo Law will support students preparing for the bar examDuquesne Law celebrates bar exam results of recent graduates
DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY — Graduates of the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University achieved an impressive 82.3% first-time taker pass rate on the July 2022 Pennsylvania bar exam. The statewide first-time average pass rate was 75.16%.
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FLORIDA BAR NEWS — The Florida Supreme Court has released the following bar examination statistical information developed by the Florida Board of Bar Examiners. These results apply to the July 2022 General Bar Examination administered July 26-27 in Tampa.
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NCBE — The national Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) mean scaled score for July 2022 was 140.3, consistent with results from recent years’ July administrations.
Read More about Average Scores on Multistate Bar Exam Remain Consistent with Previous YearsA look at reciprocity and the Uniform Bar Exam
JDSUPRA — What Exactly Is Bar Reciprocity? Reciprocity is the ability to practice law in a state where you did not take the bar exam. ‘Waiving’ into a state is beneficial for attorneys who plan to practice law in multiple states.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Last week, thousands of law school graduates gathered across the country to tackle one of several hurdles to becoming a licensed attorney in the US: the bar exam. The current format and process of the exam have spurred controversial discussions in recent years, which only heightened with the onset of the pandemic…
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BUZZFEED NEWS — “It sounds hyperbolic, but it’s basically saying to someone, ‘You can either be a mom or you can be a lawyer — which one do you choose? You can either take this bar exam, or you can feed your baby — which one do you want to do?’ And which one do you…
Read More about A look at the challenges faced by pregnant bar exam test-takersOpinion: Bar exam technical issues keep students from succeeding
BLOOMBERG — This week, tens of thousands of budding lawyers sit for the bar examination. For the second year in a row, the big news is about technology. Last July, Examplify — the software used for remote testing — crashed repeatedly. Just weeks before this year’s exam, test-takers who’d bought new Windows laptops were informed…
Read More about Opinion: Bar exam technical issues keep students from succeedingLooking at the advantages of Wisconsin’s diploma privilege for graduating law students
REUTERS — As thousands of would-be attorneys anxiously await their scores after slogging through last week’s bar exam, law grads in Wisconsin are already beginning their careers as full-fledged attorneys, blithely unburdened by the need to pass a test.
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